As employees use hybrid work environments to access applications and information, organizations must secure remote workers. You can do this by using a service edge. SSE is a cloud-native architecture that delivers security and networking services together in a single platform. This allows security to be covered across SaaS cloud applications, private applications and cloud services from a single policy. Access Control Secure Service Edge (SSE) solutions are essential as more employees, partners, and customers access content, data and applications via the internet and mobile devices. SSE protects against unauthorized or malicious access and allows users to access web, cloud, private, and other applications securely. SSE is an integrated cloud-based platform for networking and security. This includes SD-WAN (software-defined wide area networks), firewalls-as-a-service, secure Web Gateways (SWG), the Cloud Access Security Broker, and Zero Trust Network access (ZTNA). It offers consistent application and security enforcement across locations and users while delivering centralized visibility into traffic. SSE uses a zero trust system for access control. It is based solely on user identities and does not place users in the corporate network. It ensures reliable and fast WAN connections, without the use of a VPN. In addition, a robust defense-in-depth strategy for detecting and preventing malware and other threats is an important part of SSE. Threat Protection SSE provides threat protection to internet sessions. This ensures that users can connect securely and safely to critical business applications, no matter where they may be located. This facilitates hybrid work, protects private and cloud data connectivity, speeds cloud migrations, simplifies integrations during M&As, and enables hybrid working by employees. Security services are delivered through a cloud platform which can track user-to application connections, irrespective of location or devices. This eliminates gaps between point-products and the need to manually update traditional legacy appliances. Zero trust access: SSE systems should allow least-privileged access based on a zero trust policy, including user role and behavior, device, application and content. This protects against lateral movement while preventing applications from being found, reducing attack surfaces. SSE combines unified Threat Prevention capabilities with CASB & ZTNA Technologies to enforce policies on end users no matter what device or location they may be in. This helps reduce the risk that insiders, ransomwares and other types of threats can be posed by employees who connect to sensitive information or use cloud-based applications that aren't compliant with corporate security policies. Data Security The information of remote and portable users is important to organizations. Secure service edge delivers protection by integrating web gateway, cloud access security broker and zero trust access (ZTNA). SSE offers cloud-based data loss protection capabilities that allow sensitive data to easily be found, classified and secured. This can help support compliance policies, such as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and GDPR. SSE solutions also need to have advanced threat-prevention capabilities. These include cloud firewall as a Service (FWaaS), CASB data inspection in SaaS applications, and adaptive control access. SSE solutions must include adaptive access control, which identifies and adjusts access based on changes in device posture. Monitoring Monitor internet sessions if you're working with secure service edges. This allows you the ability to track how your network performs, and which apps have been used. Monitoring helps you to identify potential problems and protect your business from threats. This can help improve your user's experience and reduce cost. SSE platforms capable of inspecting web and data trafic on a large scale are critical. Choose a vendor with strong service agreements (SLAs) that has evaluated inline traffic on behalf of large multinationals. The primary use case for a security edge is to enforce policies over cloud, internet and mobile access. For example, this can include enforcing policies on corporate internet access and compliance through content blockage and malware isolation.